Douglas Manuel, Tommy Pico, Prageeta Sharma, Lynne Thompson, more
20 NOVEMBER 2022 — sunday
The Southern California Poetry Festival continues with workshops led by poets Douglas Manuel and Sarah Maclay, and "Indigenous Poets Across the Americas," a reading featuring Tommy Pico, Kinsale Drake, Jessa Calderon, and Moncho Ollin Alvarado, a showcase of independent presses, featuring "The Offing" with Michael Reyes, Jose Hernandez Diaz, and Gabrielle Civil; What Books Press with Mariano Zaro, Elena Karina Byrne, and Carolie Parker; and LA Review of Books with Elizabeth Metzger, Allison Hedge Coke, and Anna Journey; a reading to celebrate the release of Best American Poetry 2022, featuring Prageeta Sharma, Alexis Sears, Amy Gerstler, and Matthew Zapruder, and lastly a reading featuring Poet Laureate of Los Angeles Lynne Thompson and Poet Laureate of San Francisco Tongo Eisen-Martin, joined by poets Shonda Buchanan, bridgette bianca, and Conney Williams, co-presented by Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center and the Poetry Foundation, Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free, 10:00 am-8:00 pm PST (RSVP to attend: www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)


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12 NOVEMBER 2025 — wednesday
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16 NOVEMBER 2025 — sunday
- Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Alison Luterman, Hard Listening, and Yiskah Rosenfeld, reading from two recent collections, Tasting Flight and Naked Beside Fish, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm PST (poetryflash.org).
- City Arts and Lectures presents award-winning fiction writer Salman Rushdie, reading from and discussing his forthcoming book The Eleventh Hour, exploring themes of life, death, legacy, and identity through stories set in India, England, and the United States, countries significant to Rushdie's life and work, in conversation with English professor and Co-Director of Critical Theory at UC Berkeley, Poulomi Saha, Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $64-$81, 7:30 (https://www.cityarts.net)
17 NOVEMBER 2025 — monday
- City Arts and Lectures presents New York Times bestselling author Padma Lakshmi, Love, Loss, and What We Ate, Easy Exotic, Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet, in conversation with Peabody Award-winning comedian, director, and producer W. Kamau Bell, Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $69-$105, 7:30 (https://www.cityarts.net)
18 NOVEMBER 2025 — tuesday
19 NOVEMBER 2025 — wednesday
20 NOVEMBER 2025 — thursday
- Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Rosa Lane, Called Back, 2025 Maine Literary Book Award-winner, and Camille Norton, A Folio for the Dark, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 7:00 pm PST (poetryflash.org).
21 NOVEMBER 2025 — friday
- City Arts and Lectures presents Nobel Prize-winner Richard H. Thaler and Alex O. Imas discussing their new co-authored book The Winner's Curse: Paradoxes and Anomalies in Economic Life, in conversation with author Michael Lewis, Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $49-$54, 7:30 (https://www.cityarts.net)
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